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scurvy

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"Vitamin C deficiency"

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6 lettersPronunciation /ˈskɜːvi/Part of speech adjective, nounSorted crsuvyStarts with SEnds with Y1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. of the most contemptible kind

Used in a sentence

  • Some wenches come vnlased, / Some hyswyues come vnbrased, / Wyth theyr naked pappes, / That flappes and flappes; / […] / A sorte of foule drabbes / All scuruy with scabbes: […]
  • The bran of VVheate boiled in ſharpe vineger, and rubbed vpon them that be ſcuruie and mangie, easeth the partie very much.
  • This medicine is vvell approued to cure all ſorts of Paine, Scratches, Moully heeles, or any other skiruy ſcalls vvhatſoeuer, that may breede in a horſes leg or heeles, […]

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